First Merchants Corp.

In its 13F for Q3 2025 (holdings as of September 30, 2025, filed October 22, 2025), First Merchants Corp. reported 370 stock positions worth $2.7 billion. Its top holding was FMPW Inst Money at 7.5% of the portfolio, followed by Vanguard 500 Index-Adm (VFIAX, 4.9%) and Fed Herm TTL RTRN BND-R6 (FTRLX, 3.3%). Compared with Q2 2025, it opened 13 new positions, sold out of 11, added to 49 and reduced 216. The biggest buy was a new position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Value (VONV) and the biggest sale FMPW Inst Money (shares −11%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
Muncie, IN
CIK
0000712534
Portfolio Value
$2.7B (Q3 2025)
SEC Filing
0000712534-25-000189 ↗ filed Oct 22, 2025

Holdings Value

0$1.0B$2.0B$3.0B Q1 2024: $1.3B Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $2.5B Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $2.6B Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $2.6B Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $2.5B Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $2.6B Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $2.7B $2.7B Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $2.7B Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $2.6B Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $2.8B Q2 2026

Holdings 370 stocks · $2.7B

FMPW INST MONEY 7.51% 199,229,570 $199.2M Reduce -10.7%
VFIAX Vanguard 500 Index-Adm 4.93% 211,947 $130.8M Add +1.0%
FTRLX Fed Herm TTL RTRN BND-R6 filed as FED TTL RET BD CL R6 3.31% 9,156,884 $87.6M Add +4.2%
SRBRX Federated SHRT-Intrm TTL-R6 filed as FED SH INTRM TTL BD 3.27% 8,503,167 $86.8M Add +10.0%
VIMAX VNGD Mrngst MD-CP Idx FD-Adm 2.43% 177,022 $64.4M Add +2.9%
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF 2.32% 778,509 $61.4M Add +3.9%
AVGO Broadcom Inc. 2.05% 164,617 $54.3M Reduce -6.1%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 2.00% 102,568 $53.1M Reduce -2.8%
AAPL Apple Inc. 1.99% 206,737 $52.6M Reduce -3.7%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 1.77% 193,264 $47.0M Reduce -2.5%
SFNNX Schwab Fndmnl Intl LRG Comp 1.66% 3,252,027 $43.9M Add +5.6%
FCNTX Fidelity Contrafund 1.48% 1,582,495 $39.2M Reduce -3.5%
LLY Eli Lilly & Co. 1.46% 50,675 $38.7M Add +1.1%
VEIRX Vanguard Equity Income-Adm 1.44% 390,540 $38.3M Reduce -0.6%
IYW iShares Ustechnology ETF 1.27% 171,885 $33.7M Reduce -5.5%
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 1.25% 54,089 $33.1M Add +22.2%
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate 1.24% 329,165 $33.0M Reduce -0.8%
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF 1.21% 266,104 $32.1M Add +0.6%
NUSFX Northern Ultra-SHRT Fix Inc. filed as NORTH ULT-SH FIX INC 1.18% 3,017,054 $31.2M Reduce -1.7%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 1.12% 159,270 $29.7M Reduce -6.8%
VBIRX Vanguard S/T BND Indx-Adm 1.08% 2,773,869 $28.6M Reduce -0.4%
APH Amphenol Corp. Class A 1.06% 227,927 $28.2M Reduce -12.0%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 1.06% 127,825 $28.1M Reduce -0.0%
VGT Vanguard Info Tech ETF 1.05% 37,332 $27.9M Reduce -3.3%
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap E 1.00% 223,575 $26.6M Reduce -2.0%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.97% 81,273 $25.6M Reduce -4.5%
JMGRX Janus Hndrsn Enterprise-I filed as JANUS ENTERPRISE 0.96% 169,203 $25.5M Add +8.6%
VSMAX Vangrd Mrgstr SML CP Idx-Adm 0.96% 209,291 $25.5M Reduce -4.3%
VWILX Vanguard Intl Growth-Adm 0.85% 184,014 $22.7M Add +7.7%
BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term B 0.85% 289,280 $22.6M Add +3.3%
V Visa Inc. Class A 0.79% 61,137 $20.9M Reduce -2.8%
SYK Stryker Corp. 0.78% 56,054 $20.7M Reduce -2.8%
MVCKX MFS Mid Cap Value Fund-R5 0.78% 617,740 $20.7M Add +12.8%
FRME First Merchants Corp. 0.77% 539,754 $20.3M Add +0.0%
VIGAX VNGD Mrngst Grwth Idx FD-Adm 0.71% 76,197 $18.8M Reduce -1.3%
LRCX Lam Research Corp. 0.70% 139,324 $18.7M Reduce -11.4%
WMT Walmart Inc. 0.68% 174,806 $18.0M Reduce -1.3%
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF 0.67% 85,852 $17.7M Reduce -19.0%
WCMIX WCM Focused Intl Growth-Inst 0.66% 635,450 $17.5M Reduce -2.6%
PZIEX Pzena Emerg MKTS Val-Inst 0.66% 1,148,420 $17.4M Add +23.5%
VBTLX Vanguard TTL BD MKT Idx-Adm 0.61% 1,645,953 $16.1M Reduce -0.2%
MFAIX Msif International Adv-I filed as MORGAN STANLEY INTL 0.60% 580,946 $16.0M Add +7.3%
VWIUX Vanguard I/T Tax Exmpt-Adm 0.60% 1,158,486 $15.9M Add +4.5%
LOW Lowe's Cos Inc. 0.60% 63,058 $15.8M Reduce -3.5%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.59% 16,779 $15.5M Reduce -0.7%
AVUV Avantis US Small Cap Value 0.58% 155,352 $15.5M Add +13.1%
TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW 0.57% 104,491 $15.1M Reduce -1.2%
DODIX Dodge & Cox Income-I 0.55% 1,146,093 $14.7M Reduce -5.0%
IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF 0.54% 163,487 $14.3M Add +3.7%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.53% 18,960 $13.9M Add +2.1%
GRANT COUNTY STATE 0.52% 13,030 $13.8M No change
IJJ iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Valu 0.52% 105,963 $13.7M Reduce -8.1%
GSY Invesco Ultra Short Duration 0.51% 271,782 $13.7M Reduce -3.2%
VFSUX Vanguard S/T Invest GRD-Adm 0.51% 1,285,245 $13.5M Reduce -10.3%
IJK iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Grow 0.50% 138,572 $13.3M Reduce -3.0%
ADP Automatic Data Processing 0.50% 44,953 $13.2M Reduce -3.6%
BLK BlackRock Inc. 0.49% 11,121 $13.0M Reduce -4.8%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 0.49% 55,992 $13.0M Reduce -2.0%
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 0.47% 18,550 $12.4M Reduce -4.0%
WCMEX WCM Focus Emrg MRKT-Inst 0.46% 630,980 $12.2M Add +13.4%
CB Chubb Ltd. 0.46% 43,146 $12.2M Reduce -2.2%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 0.45% 64,178 $11.9M Reduce -1.9%
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. 0.43% 118,761 $11.3M Reduce -3.8%
ORLY O'reilly Automotive Inc. 0.42% 102,601 $11.1M Reduce -0.3%
VVIAX VNGD Mrgstr Value Idx FD-Adm 0.42% 151,398 $11.0M Reduce -2.5%
HON Honeywell International Inc. 0.40% 50,888 $10.7M Reduce -3.1%
ACN Accenture PLC Class A 0.39% 41,910 $10.3M Reduce -5.3%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.38% 24,997 $10.1M Reduce -5.5%
NOMIX Northern Mid Cap Index 0.37% 450,852 $9.9M Reduce -6.5%
IWP iShares Russell Mid-Cap Grow 0.37% 69,012 $9.8M Add +2.2%
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC 0.36% 100,000 $9.5M Reduce -60.2%
MDY State Street SPDR S&P Midcap 0.35% 15,694 $9.4M Reduce -2.4%
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. 0.35% 60,633 $9.3M Reduce -3.2%
XLK SS Technology Select Sector 0.34% 32,410 $9.1M Reduce -3.2%
LIN Linde PLC 0.34% 18,977 $9.0M Reduce -1.5%
XLV SS Health Care Select Sector 0.33% 62,615 $8.7M Reduce -5.0%
BRO Brown & Brown Inc. 0.33% 91,904 $8.6M Add +0.9%
NOW ServiceNow Inc. 0.31% 8,929 $8.2M Reduce -21.6%
VMLUX Vanguard Ltd. TRM T/E-Adm 0.30% 728,443 $8.0M Reduce -1.4%
VONV Vanguard Russell 1000 Value 0.29% 87,500 $7.8M New
FTNT Fortinet Inc. 0.29% 92,925 $7.8M Add +1.4%
PDGIX T Rowe PR Dividend Grow-I 0.29% 90,865 $7.8M Reduce -14.5%
FGTXX Gldmn SCHS Fin SQ GV-FST filed as GS FIN SQ GOVT 0.29% 7,648,904 $7.6M Add +0.3%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 0.28% 15,023 $7.6M Reduce -4.6%
MCD McDonald's Corp. 0.28% 24,408 $7.4M Add +1.3%
VHYAX Vanguard Hi DVD YLD Indx-Adm 0.28% 173,718 $7.4M Reduce -2.9%
AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR 0.28% 95,891 $7.4M Reduce -1.8%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 0.28% 52,244 $7.3M Reduce -4.6%
BAESY Bae Systems PLC -Spon ADR 0.27% 65,230 $7.2M Add +4.8%
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. 0.27% 38,371 $7.0M Reduce -0.5%
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. 0.26% 92,601 $7.0M Reduce -3.8%
DHR Danaher Corp. 0.26% 34,880 $6.9M Reduce -7.0%
SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF 0.26% 251,042 $6.9M Reduce -21.8%
XLY SS Consumer Disc Select Sect 0.26% 28,477 $6.8M Reduce -9.0%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. 0.25% 13,881 $6.8M Add +0.6%
IWR iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF 0.25% 68,902 $6.7M Reduce -5.1%
RTX RTX Corp. 0.25% 39,681 $6.6M Reduce -3.1%
EOG EOG Resources Inc. 0.25% 59,161 $6.6M Reduce -2.3%
VITAX Vanguard Inf Tech Idx-Adm 0.25% 17,098 $6.5M Reduce -1.4%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.24% 57,308 $6.5M Reduce -1.2%

Show all 370 holdings

Other holdings (3): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $1.2M (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
MORGAN STANLEY 4.431 1/23/30 Fixed Income · principal 590,000$593KReduce -5.6%
INGERSOLL RAND 5.314 6/15/31 Fixed Income · principal 475,000$497KReduce -5.0%
MORGAN STANLEY BANK 4.800 DUE Fixed Income · principal 75,000$76KNo change

Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $2.7B.

Portfolio Sells Q2 2025 → Q3 2025

FMPW INST MONEY Reduce -10.7% 7.51% −1.12
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC Reduce -60.2% 0.36% −0.51
GVI iShares Intermediate Governm Reduce -65.7% 0.11% −0.21
IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value E Sold out 0.00% −0.18
ANSS Ansys Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.15
NOW ServiceNow Inc. Reduce -21.6% 0.31% −0.14
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF Reduce -19.0% 0.67% −0.13
ACN Accenture PLC Class A Reduce -5.3% 0.39% −0.12
SYK Stryker Corp. Reduce -2.8% 0.78% −0.10
V Visa Inc. Class A Reduce -2.8% 0.79% −0.08
ADBE Adobe Inc. Reduce -27.6% 0.13% −0.07
SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF Reduce -21.8% 0.26% −0.07
VFSUX Vanguard S/T Invest GRD-Adm Reduce -10.3% 0.51% −0.07
HON Honeywell International Inc. Reduce -3.1% 0.40% −0.07
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. Reduce -0.7% 0.59% −0.06
ADP Automatic Data Processing Reduce -3.6% 0.50% −0.06
NUSFX Northern Ultra-SHRT Fix Inc. Reduce -1.7% 1.18% −0.05
PDGIX T Rowe PR Dividend Grow-I Reduce -14.5% 0.29% −0.05
CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A Reduce -4.3% 0.21% −0.04
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. Reduce -0.5% 0.27% −0.04
VSGDX VNGD SHT-TM Govt Sec Act-Adm Reduce -29.6% 0.09% −0.04
TROW T Rowe Price Group Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.04
DODIX Dodge & Cox Income-I Reduce -5.0% 0.55% −0.04
CB Chubb Ltd. Reduce -2.2% 0.46% −0.04
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. Reduce -3.2% 0.35% −0.03
ABT Abbott Laboratories Reduce -9.1% 0.23% −0.03
IJJ iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Valu Reduce -8.1% 0.52% −0.03
EOG EOG Resources Inc. Reduce -2.3% 0.25% −0.03
GSY Invesco Ultra Short Duration Reduce -3.2% 0.51% −0.03
WCMIX WCM Focused Intl Growth-Inst Reduce -2.6% 0.66% −0.03
AMP Ameriprise Financial Inc. Reduce -2.1% 0.22% −0.03
VBIRX Vanguard S/T BND Indx-Adm Reduce -0.4% 1.08% −0.03
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Reduce -0.8% 1.24% −0.03
CRM Salesforce Inc. Reduce -69.4% 0.01% −0.03
XLP SS Consumer Staples Sel Sect Reduce -5.7% 0.24% −0.03
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Reduce -2.8% 2.00% −0.03
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. Reduce -0.0% 1.06% −0.03
DHR Danaher Corp. Reduce -7.0% 0.26% −0.03
AMAT Applied Materials Inc. Reduce -63.7% 0.01% −0.02
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc. Reduce -7.4% 0.18% −0.02
XLF SS Financial Select Sector Reduce -9.3% 0.21% −0.02
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. Reduce -5.8% 0.19% −0.02
VFIDX Vanguard I/T Invest GRD-Adm Reduce -6.4% 0.21% −0.02
ROP Roper Technologies Inc. Reduce -25.1% 0.03% −0.02
XLB SS Materials Select Sector Reduce -7.8% 0.18% −0.02
ALC Alcon Inc. Reduce -17.2% 0.03% −0.02
SCHY Schwab International DVD ETF Reduce -14.5% 0.09% −0.02
XLV SS Health Care Select Sector Reduce -5.0% 0.33% −0.02
NOMIX Northern Mid Cap Index Reduce -6.5% 0.37% −0.01
DE Deere & Co. Reduce -4.6% 0.07% −0.01

Portfolio Buys Q2 2025 → Q3 2025

VONV Vanguard Russell 1000 Value New 0.29% +0.29
VFIAX Vanguard 500 Index-Adm Add +1.0% 4.93% +0.28
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Add +22.2% 1.25% +0.28
SRBRX Federated SHRT-Intrm TTL-R6 Add +10.0% 3.27% +0.23
SNPS Synopsys Inc. New 0.19% +0.19
PZIEX Pzena Emerg MKTS Val-Inst Add +23.5% 0.66% +0.16
SFNNX Schwab Fndmnl Intl LRG Comp Add +5.6% 1.66% +0.16
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR Add +1042.6% 0.16% +0.14
VIMAX VNGD Mrngst MD-CP Idx FD-Adm Add +2.9% 2.43% +0.12
SAP Sap SE-Sponsored ADR New 0.11% +0.11
MVCKX MFS Mid Cap Value Fund-R5 Add +12.8% 0.78% +0.10
AVUV Avantis US Small Cap Value Add +13.1% 0.58% +0.10
IVW iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF Add +0.6% 1.21% +0.08
WCMEX WCM Focus Emrg MRKT-Inst Add +13.4% 0.46% +0.08
VWILX Vanguard Intl Growth-Adm Add +7.7% 0.85% +0.08
JMGRX Janus Hndrsn Enterprise-I Add +8.6% 0.96% +0.08
FTRLX Fed Herm TTL RTRN BND-R6 Add +4.2% 3.31% +0.07
RETSX Russell Tax-MGD US L/C-S New 0.05% +0.05
TQQQ Proshares Ultrapro QQQ New 0.04% +0.04
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Add +3.9% 2.32% +0.03
FUMBX Fidelty SHRT TRM TRSR BD Add +60.8% 0.08% +0.03
IEFA iShares Core MSCI Eafe ETF Add +3.7% 0.54% +0.03
BAESY Bae Systems PLC -Spon ADR Add +4.8% 0.27% +0.02
VWIUX Vanguard I/T Tax Exmpt-Adm Add +4.5% 0.60% +0.02
FMAGX Fidelity Magellan Fund New 0.02% +0.02
FUAMX Fidelty Intrm Trsry BND Indx Add +22.7% 0.12% +0.02
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Add +1.6% 0.21% +0.02
MFAIX Msif International Adv-I Add +7.3% 0.60% +0.01
BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term B Add +3.3% 0.85% +0.01
IWS iShares Russell Mid-Cap Valu Add +2.7% 0.20% +0.01
VTEB Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF Add +54.1% 0.03% +0.01
DUK Duke Energy Corp. New 0.01% +0.01
VWO Vanguard Ftse Emerging Marke New 0.01% +0.01
IWP iShares Russell Mid-Cap Grow Add +2.2% 0.37% +0.01
FMHTX Fidelity Mi Muni Inc. New 0.01% +0.01
GPC Genuine Parts Co. New 0.01% +0.01
GE General Electric New 0.01% +0.01
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. New 0.01% +0.01
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 Add +11.0% 0.05% +0.01
MCD McDonald's Corp. Add +1.3% 0.28% +0.01
AME Ametek Inc. Add +2.1% 0.22% +0.01
CEG Constellation Energy Add +3.3% 0.21% +0.01
F Ford Motor Co. Add +46.5% 0.01% +0.00
VWSUX Vangrd Ultra SH TM TX Ex-Adm Add +4.5% 0.11% +0.00
KAUFX Federated Herm Kaufmann-R New 0.00% +0.00
VTIAX Vanguard TTL Int St Idx-Adm Add +4.9% 0.03% +0.00
VEU Vanguard Ftse All-World Ex-U Add +10.4% 0.01% +0.00
PXINX Impax Intl Sustain Econ-Inv Add +6.6% 0.01% +0.00
FMB CK A/C #1484931 Add +28.2% 0.00% +0.00
MFEIX MFS Growth Fund-I Add +0.7% 0.02% +0.00

Notes & Other Activity Q2 2025 → Q3 2025

MORGAN STANLEY 4.431 1/23/30 Fixed Income · principal Reduce -5.6% 590,000 $593K
INGERSOLL RAND 5.314 6/15/31 Fixed Income · principal Reduce -5.0% 475,000 $497K

Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages above.

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 358$2.8BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, SRBRX, FTRLX, VIMAX
Q1 2026 356$2.6BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, SRBRX, FTRLX, BSV
Q4 2025 367$2.7BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, FTRLX, SRBRX, VIMAX
Q3 2025 370$2.7BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, FTRLX, SRBRX, VIMAX
Q2 2025 368$2.6BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, FTRLX, SRBRX, VIMAX
Q1 2025 374$2.5BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, FTRLX, SRBRX, BSV
Q4 2024 398$2.6BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, FTRLX, SRBRX, AGG
Q3 2024 396$2.6BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, SRBRX, FTRLX, AGG
Q2 2024 372$2.5BFMPW INST MONEY, VFIAX, SRBRX, FTRLX, AGG
Q1 2024 215$1.3BAGG, MSFT, AAPL, LLY, IJR